Cotton harvester and conveyer



May 22, 1923.

D. DANIEL co'r'rou HARVES'I'ER AND GONVBYER;

4 "ORA/E78 Filed Sept. 14 1920 3 Sheets-Shed Daniel Daniel.

WITNESSES May 22, 1923. v

' D. DANIEL COTTON HARVESTER AND CONVBYBR Filed Sept. 14 1920 3Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES J I /N I /ENTOR Daniel Damel.

Patented May 22, 1923.

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DANIEL DANIEL, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

COTTON HARVESTER AND GONVEYER.

Application filed September 14, 1920. Serial No. 410,196.

an improved cotton harvester and conveyerv of extremely simple anddurable construction, reliable and effective in operation to perform themaximum amount of work at a minimum expense, and easy and inexpensive tomanufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention reside in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the apparatus embodying myinvention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of a part thereof;

Figure 3 is a view, partly in transverse vertical section and partly inelevation;

Figure 4: is a detail perspective view of the harness for the picker;

Figure 5 is a detail view in section of the flexible hose funnel;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the flexible hose clamp andholder;

Figure 7' is a fragmentary plan View of a portion of the dischargeheader; and

Figure 8 is a similar view in vertical section.

Referring to the drawings wherein is shown the preferred'embodiment ofthe invention, the letter A designates a cotton wagon which has a closedbody B and which is mounted upon suitable wheels C. The cotton wagon Ais drawn by any suitable means and in any suitable manner. A trailer Dis coupled to the rear of the cotton wagon and isdrawn thereby. Thetrailer embodies a chassis F and wheels G. A framework 10 1S mounteduponthe chassis and the trailer carries at its upper end a superstructure 11of trapezoidal form. The

sides of the superstructure 11 are covered by planking 12 for a purposeto be hereinafter described.

The suction. pipe header 13 includes a manifold 14 of tapering formwhich is arranged upon the top of the trapezoidal superstructure 11. Themanifold lincludes three short branch pipes 15, 16 and 17 arranged alongone side thereof and three short branch pipes 18, 19, and 20 arrangedalong the other side thereof. The branch pipes 15, 16 and 17 arealternately arranged or staggered with respect to. the pipes 18, 19 and20. Each of the branch pipes communicates with the main pipe .of themanifold 14 as shown in the drawings, and each includes an air gatevalve designated at 15", 16 17*. 18 19 and 20 respectively.

An elongated flexible pipe designated at 21,'is connected to each of thebranch pipes 15 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, there being one flexible pipe foreach branch pipe. The

other end of each of the flexible pipes is provided with a funnel 22which facilitates the delivery of the cotton to the flexible pipe 21. Acombined clamp and holder, designated at 23, and as shown in detail inFig- 24:, and these dlamp members embrace the flexiblepipe adjacent itsconnection to the branch pipe. They are then secured in. position bybolts or similar fastening means which extend through the openings 25*-formed in the clamp members. A holder associated with the clampmembersand consists of two complementary prongs 26 which constitutes a fork orhook to receive the funnel endof the flexible pipe and it is then seenthat the entire weight of the flexible pipe is taken up bythe combinedclampand holder when not in use, and when in use it is taken up by theclamp alone, the outer end being supported by the picker, as usual.

The suction header 1?) extends downwardly and outwardly through themani- 5 told 14; to the elbow 27 to one end oi which it is connected. Anexhauster or fan pump 28 is connected to the other end of the elbow 27and is arranged to exhaust the air from the suction header l3 and itsmanifold i l and consequently from thebranch pipes and the flexiblepipes 21 connected thereto. A discharge header, designated generally at29, is connected to the discharge outlet of the exhauster or fan pumpand includes an upwardly curved section 30 connected by a flexiblecoupling 31. to the short section 32 which has a reduced extension 33telescoping the end section 2A. The extremity of the end section isdownwardly curved,-,as at 3 5, and enters the cotton wagon Adjacent thedownwardly curyed exit 36 for the c otton, a sereen 87 is provided whicharrests the path of the cotton and throws to .theeotton exit 36. The endsection 3% is also. provided with a vent 38 for the air which passesthrough the screen 37 and thence outwardly to the atmosphere. Means isprovided for actuating the ex- -haiister or .fan pump and includes anengine 5E, shaft of which carries a large pulley 39 over which a belt4L0 is run, the other end oftlie belt 40 being run over a small pulley4C1 which is connected to the tan shaft 42 of the exhauster.

A harness' is provided for the picker to facilitate the carrying of theflexible pipe, andas shown in detailin Figure 4 and in use in Figure 3,includes a belt L3 which encircles the body of the picker and a 40shoulder strap 44. Short straps 45 and 4:6 aregcarrie'd by the belt andshoulder strap, respectively and engage and hold the flexible pipe inposition. In operation, the engine E having been 45 started and the fanof the exhauster speeded up, the air is exhausted lromthe suction headerand discharged through the di charge header 29. The air gate valve ofthe respectivedbranch pipe is opened the picker as hetakes the flexiblepipe from its holder so that the flexible pipe is in co1nmunication withthe vacuum of thesuction header. The picker delivers the cotton to thetunnel of the flexible pipe and the vacuum carriesit-through the,flexible pipe, branch pipe and the suction header to the fan pump, Thecotton travels through the pump and then through the discharge header29. In the discharge header 29 it encounters the screen 37 and isdeflected downwardly thereby to be discharged through the cotton exit 36to the cotton,re-.

ceiyu 'the air escaping through the. screen and the vent 38.

I claim: 1. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination acotton wagon, a

supporting said inner ends of: the pipes independently otthe manifoldwhereby to relieve the manifold and branch pipes of strain.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination with afan-exhauster, a suction header connected thereto and having a man foldcommunieating'therewith, a plurality of branch pipes communieating withthe manifold, a flexible pipe connected with, each ofsaid branch pipes,and means, for holding the flexible pipes independentlyof the manifold,said-means including clamp rigidly supporting the inner end of eachflexible pipe, and; a fork for detachably supporting the outer end ofsuch pipe.

,3. In an apparatus of the character desides, a suction header having .amanifold communicating therewith and arranged upon the top of sa dsuperstructure, a plurality o'fbranchpi-pes communicating withthemani-told and arranged along; each side thereof, a flexiblepipeconnected with each of said branch pipes, and means for supportingsaidflexible .pipes upon the sides .o;t'. the superstructure andindependently of the manifold and includingmeanspermanently engaging theend of each flxible, pipe that is connected to the branch pipe andscribed, a cotton wagon, a superstructure ;v provided thereupon andlncluding a top and means adapted to releasably engage the free end ofeach flexible pipe,

4-. In an apparatus of the scribed, in combination with a receiver forthe cotton and a tanexhauster, a suction header including a taperingmanifold concharacter denected with one side of the "fan exhauster andhaving; a plurality of lateral branch pipes,

the branch pipes being-arranged to extend outwardly from each side ofthe manifold, said branch pipes along one side of the manifold beingalternately arranged with respect to the pipes of the other side, aflexible pipe conneotedwith each of said branch pipes and adischargeheader connected to the outletside oi"- the fan exhauster andhaving a ,cotton exittg said receiver.

5. In an apparatus of the charaeter scribed, in combinatien withfaeottenwegon, and a recelver for theeotton, an'dja .fan

- exhauster, a suction "header including a tapering manifoldlongitudinally: disposed with bianch pipes also. arranged instagger'edreconnected to -the" out let Side ,of "the; fan "exreceiyer.

10 ilation e flexible pipe connected with each I 30fithelbraneh'pipes,and a discharge header 'haus' tjer, andhaying ieptten'exit -tdthe' said

